CHECK VOLUME SKEW

 

Description: This function checks the shape of tetrahedral elements with respect to the deviation from a perfect pyramid shape.

 

Volume Skew is defined as the percentage of the volume of a tetrahedral element contains versus a sphere, containing the 4 nodes of that element.

 

Volume Skew =  (Volume of Sphere  - Volume of Tetrahedron) / (Volume of Sphere)

 

 

Usage: 1.  DSI prompts:

                 >ENTER VOLUE SKEW CRITERIA

 

1. VGP prompts:

>ENTER COMMAND